Neil Carabine is a Partner in our Melbourne office where he specialises in mergers and acquisitions, communications, infrastructure and regulated access regimes.

Neil has been named as one of only two Australians amongst the world's top telecommunications lawyers by Euromoney's Legal Media Group's edition of The Best of the Best 2011.

Neil advises Telstra on many facets of mergers and acquisitions, communications and competition law. He co-led the $15.5 billion T3 - the final stage of Telstra's privatisation - and the $11 billion deal with NBN Co Limited and the Commonwealth for the staged shut down of Telstra's access networks and the migration of customers to the National Broadband Network.

He has advised Telstra extensively on the regulatory aspects of its transformation, including the launch of the NEXT G network and Telstra's 3G network and roaming arrangements with Hutchison.

Neil advises regional telcos including StarHub (Singapore) and Maxis (Malaysia).

In Australia he has advised major corporations such as Asciano, TRUenergy, GE, Sensis, ANZ, Victorian Funds Management Corporation and ING.

Neil has been identified by Chambers Global Guide 2011 and The Legal 500 2010 as a first-rank leading individual in telecommunications. Neil is described by Chambers 2009 as "a telecoms lawyer par excellence" and by Chambers 2011 as a "first class telecoms lawyer".